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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pragmatism Section II (Lectures V-VIII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does James refer to as feeling fundamentally fed up with life?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Homer.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. What religion does James say relies on elaborate ceremony and hierarchy?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Hinduism.

3. What does James identify as a "sick soul"?
(a) One who has committed a crime.
(b) One who has made a difficult decision.
(c) One who has reached a state of psychological rock-bottom.
(d) One who is psychologicall and emotionally empty.

4. Which of the following does James not identify as a quality of saintliness?
(a) Strength of the soul.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Charity.
(d) Purity.

5. According to James, noetic pluralism indicates which of the following?
(a) A god could never have existed.
(b) A god might not exist.
(c) A god might not be all-knowing.
(d) A god might have once existed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the view that salvation of the world is not possible?

2. James states that which viewpoint is the process for determining truth?

3. What term does James define as an idea's argument with reality?

4. What word does James associate with prayer?

5. How does James describe noetic quality?

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